Jerry Moran

Gerald W. "Jerry" Moran (29 May 1954-) was the US Senator from Kansas (R) from 3 January 2011, succeeding Sam Brownback.

Biography
Jerry Moran was born in Great Bend, Kansas on 29 May 1954, and he studied at the University of Kansas. He worked as a lawyer, political science professor, and state special assistant attorney general before being elected to the State Senate in 1989, and he served as a member of the US House of Representatives from Kansas' 1st district from 3 January 1997 to 3 January 2011, succeeding Pat Roberts and preceding Tim Huelskamp; he served six terms with little opposition. In 2011, he was elected to the US Senate. Moran opposed Medicare reform, Obamacare, the AHCA, a withdrawal from Iraq, the Muslim ban, gun control, climate change recognition, abortion, and same-sex marriage.